By Steve Peterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com Woodstock North will clash with Tinley Park in an IHSA Class 4A home playoff opening round game tonight. The Thunder and Titans both come in with 4-5 records, and North is the 16th seed while Tinley Park is one spot behind at 17th. The winner moves on to the first round, […]
By Steve Peterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com Marian Central’s football program began summer workouts with a new coach and renewed sense of hope to return to the IHSA playoffs for the first time since 2017-18. “It’s great we made the playoffs, but we’re looking for a long run,” first-year Hurricanes head coach Dirk Stanger said after a practice. […]
By Steve Peterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com The Marian Central girls’ tennis doubles team of Julia Lukey and Jordan Cheng advanced to the IHSA Class 1A state finals quarterfinals round played Oct. 23. Lukey and Cheng reached a 22-0 record on the season with three first-day wins Oct. 22. Quarterfinal round action was Oct. 23 with semifinals as […]
By Steve Peterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com Woodstock North’s boys soccer team looks to continue a successful season as it heads to IHSA Class 2A regional action. The Thunder, 16-7 overall,(school soccer victory record) is seeded fourth and will face fifth-seed Lakes, at 4 p.m. Oct. 21 in the Crystal Lake South regional semifinal action. The winner goes […]
By Steve Peterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com Enthusiasm for the second straight playoff season dominated as Woodstock began a long preparation for its first-round IHSA Class 5A playoff clash. The Blue Streaks ended the regular season with a 7-2, 5-2 Kishwaukee River Conference (KRC) regular season. They will face the winner of Chicago Comer College Prep (5-4) Prairie […]
By Steve Peterson Marian Central junior golfer Jordan Cheng made school history with a tie for seventh place individual finish at the IHSA Class 1A State Meet at Red Tail Run Golf Course in Decatur.Cheng totaled 80-74-154 to tie with Nancy Scholz of Quincy Notre Dame for seventh Oct. 10. Cheng was in an eighth […]
By Steve Peterson Woodstock North looks to finish the football regular season on a strong note Oct. 16 at Harvard in the Kishwaukee River Conference finale.The Thunder is eligible for the IHSA state football playoffs with a 3-5, 1-5 KRC record.They took one on the chin in a 52-6 loss to Richmond-Burton (8-0, 6-0) at […]
By Steve Peterson Woodstock sophomore standout Nick Morrow was the first and last Blue Streak to touch the football in a 49-35 win over Plano.The running back Morrow dashed up the middle for a 50-yard kickoff return, setting up the Blue Streaks’ first TD drive. He finished the game in its final seconds with a […]
By Steve Peterson Marian Central went on the road to face St. Edward in a Chicagoland Christian Conference (CCC) football clash Oct. 9 and dominated the scoreboard with a 57-6 victory.The Hurricanes are eligible for the playoffs with a 3-5 overall record, 2-4 CCC heading into the final week of the regular season. Marian Central […]
By Steve Peterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com Woodstock ventured to Marengo, aiming to make it back-to-back wins for the visiting team in a homecoming game. At the end it was the Blue Streaks celebrating, as fans sang the playoff bound White Sox’s theme song, “hey, hey, hey, good-bye,” following a 25-14 Kishwaukee River Conference triumph Sept. 25. The […]
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